The causal structure of QED in curved spacetime: analyticity and the refractive index

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/091zbMath1329.81379arXiv0806.1019OpenAlexW2088651089MaRDI QIDQ905569

Timothy J. Hollowood, Graham M. Shore

Publication date: 20 January 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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